Setting a password for the Klocwork database
You may already have provided some security for the Klocwork Servers with a firewall, but anyone who has access to the Klocwork Servers can still connect to the database and view the tables.
You can restrict access to the tables with a database password. People will be able to use Validate without the extra database password, but people who use tables or people who create or view database reports with a third-party reporting tool will need it. This applies both to the Klocwork Database Server or to a separate database.
Before you can set a database password:
- the Klocwork Servers must be running. For information, see Starting the Klocwork Servers.
- In access control, you must have the "Projects root admin" role. (If you are the person who set up access control with kwauthconfig and started the servers, you have the Projects_root admin role.)
To set a password for a Klocwork database:
- Start kwauthconfig, as follows:
Windows: Click Start > All Programs > Klocwork 24.3 > Klocwork Security Configuration. Alternatively, from <server_install>/bin, run kwauthconfigw.
Other: From <server_install>/bin, run kwauthconfig.
- Click Set Database Password.
The Set Database Password dialog opens.
- If you are changing a password, enter the old database password.
- Enter a new database password.
- Confirm the new database password.
- Click OK.
Now, no one will be able to access tables in the projects_root database without the password.
- Give the password to the build engineer(s) and to any users who use third-party reporting tools.